In Darkness and Confusion

{{Short description|Short story by Ann Petry}}

"In Darkness and Confusion" is a short story written by Ann Petry, published in the third volume of Cross Section in 1947.{{cite book|title=The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics, 1934–1960|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yzhmO1S4XHQC|year=2011|last=Jackson|first=Lawrence Patrick|publisher=Princeton University Press|pages=178–179|isbn=978-0-691-14135-0}}{{cite journal |last=Adams |first=George R. |title=Riot as Ritual: Ann Petry's "In Darkness and Confusion" |jstor=3041345 |journal=Negro American Literature Forum |publisher=St. Louis University |volume=6 |number=2 |pages=54–57 |year=1972 |doi=10.2307/3041345}}{{cite journal |last=Thornton |first=Hortense |title=The Barbershop and Beauty Parlor in Afro-American Literature |jstor=1316441 |journal=Pacific Coast Philology |publisher=Penn State University Press on behalf of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association |volume=14 |date=October 1979 |page=80 |doi=10.2307/1316441}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/edwin-ed-seaver/cross-section-1947/|title=CROSS SECTION 1947 by Edwin- Ed. Seaver {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}